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Seven new faces on line Taylor Made
FAREHAM based IT firm Taylor Made Computer Solutions is pleased to welcome seven new recruits to its rapidly expanding team. Debbie Stringer, Michelle Fagg, Matthew Sparks, Lee Keady, Janet Cameron, Lisa Woodburn and Dave White all join TMCS from varied
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Maria’s maternity appeal
A FORMER beauty queen, model, and television game show hostess has joined the fight to keep maternity facilities at Lymington Hospital. Maria Rice-Mundy, who has co-presented Bob's Your Uncle with the late Bob Monkhouse and Sale of the Century and who
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New chapter in library’s history
ROMSEY Library is reopening today after an £820,000 makeover. The revamp is part of an on-going drive by Hampshire education bosses to improve its library buildings and services. The transformation includes increasing the floor space by 65 per cent
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Florists looking for new owner
A LONG-established florists in Winchester is up for sale. Christie & Co, retail business agents, are inviting offers for the last 15 years of the current lease of Gillian Mills Florists. The High Street shop is part of the Interflora network. Adam
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Barn dance
THEY will be stepping out for a barn dance in Eastleigh on Sunday, June 25. It is being staged by the Eastleigh Borough Youth Theatre at The Masonic Hall in Cranbury Road, starting at 6.15pm. The artistic director of TAPS (Traditional Arts Projects),
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Search is on for new blues venue
ONE of Hampshire's most popular music events is being postponed because the organisers cannot find a suitable venue. Blues at the Abbey is the main fundraiser for the annual Titchfield Carnival. However, following a dispute with English Heritage over
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Which is the best site for an 800-space car park?
THESE are the proposed sites for a massive new car park that Hampshire transport bosses plan to build on the outskirts of Winchester. The county council wants to open an 800-space car park on farmland on the southern side of Badger Farm Road, as revealed
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BOWLS - Maximum – or Hants are bust!
HAMPSHIRE will be gunning for a maximum against the Isle of Wight at Atherley on Saturday (2pm) in an effort to put their Middleton Cup hopes back on track. A 22-point full house is a must after Hampshire suffered an opening-day setback at Reading, crashing
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BOWLS - Dorset double switching sides
TWO of Dorset's leading bowlers have switched their indoor allegiance to Hampshire. Father and son Mark and Daniel Tomberry have joined Hampshire association club East Dorset at Christchurch and will be available for Liberty Trophy selection with teenager
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FISHING - Self has it all his own way
Eastleigh & District's Richie Self again showed the adults the way home in a fabulous week for the teenage superstar. He followed a fourth place at Winnal with a win in the evening open at Stoneham. In the evening open Self, drawn on peg one on the
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TENNIS - Barrett hits a hot streak
IT WAS hot work for 18 young players at the third event in the Southampton Tennis series. The weather might have been better than for events one and two, but conditions were just as taxing. Ten of the players still managed to complete four matches each
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Budding cricket stars in safe hands at Fareham
Fareham & Crofton are the first senior Hampshire League side and only the ninth cricket club in the county to achieve the prestigious ECB ClubMark award for running safe, effective and child-friendly cricket for budding youngsters. Hampshire Cricket
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West sets up Village final
Hursley Park swing bowler Tom Burns and Cadnam's Nick Dunning celebrated seven-wicket Hampshire League, County Division 1 hauls but Burns was the only match winner of the pair. His spell of 7-42 set up a five-wicket victory for table-topping Hursley
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‘Irresponsible’ Pothas
Nic Pothas targeted a minimum first innings total of 450 after contributing to a Rose Bowl record partnership. The Hampshire wicketkeeper scored 117, his tenth first class hundred for the county, and helped John Crawley put on a record 217 for the fifth
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Totton’s Goss goes back to Winchester
DAVE Goss has left a potential Wessex title-winning side at AFC Totton to help his old club Winchester City make an impact in the Southern League. With promoted trio Winchester, Thatcham and Andover out of the equation next season, the strapping 6ft
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Justin needs minor op
Eastleigh's new strike signing Justin Bennett requires a minor operation. The former Andover hotshot belted over 60 goals last season, but missed the last month of the Lions' Wessex League campaign with knee problems. The 23-year-old seemed well on
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My baby died as he slept with me
Following the death of her five-month-old son, a Hampshire mum is warning other mothers not to sleep with their babies. KATE THOMPSON reports. IT WAS a spur-of-the-moment decision that Lora Bishop will pay for dearly for the rest of her life. Lying
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I never knew how dangerous it was
SHE DID what most new Hampshire mums do and what other mums have done since time immemorial. Kerryann Davies bottle-fed four-week-old Freddy Barry, pictured right, in her bed and let him sleep there peacefully. She got in next to him so she could bond
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Don’t let your baby sleep in your bed
EIGHT babies have died in Hampshire in the past six months as they shared a bed with their parents, the Daily Echo can reveal. The tragic statistic has prompted a coroner to urge mums and dads to be aware of the dangers of sleeping with new-born youngsters
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It’s a Breeze for Saints from VW!
TIM Treweeks, the brand manager of Breeze Volkswagen in Southampton, is pictured here on the left handing over the keys of a new VW to Robbie Elliot, a community officer for Southampton Football Club. Breeze is the Saints' official motor retailer for
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Firms urged to enter awards
HAMPSHIRE'S best firms are today being urged to apply for the UK's most prestigious business honour The Queen's Award for Enterprise 2007 with the help of two current holders of the honour. David Moore, chairman of the prime minister's committee for
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Bunga Seroja Satu, container, 0800, 206; Maersk Gosforth, container, 0930, 204; Autoprestige, roro, 1130, 201 Today's principal sailings: BBC Argentina, cargo, 1800, 25; Autoprestige, roro, 2000, 201;
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Video at EGM
Saints fans are unlikely to know the result of the EGM to decide the future of their club until the day after the meeting. It had been expected that a result would be announced at some stage on the day of the EGM Monday, July 3. However, the collating
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Another schools protest is at the door, councillors
DOZENS of parents, teachers and pupils fighting to save Woolston School from closure were turned away from Southamp-ton's council chamber because there was no room for them. They came with stickers and banners calling for the 735-pupil school to stay
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Bureaucracy blamed in £11m appointments row
PATIENTS have hit back at health bosses over the cost of missed appointments in Hampshire, saying hospital booking systems are to blame. This week the Daily Echo revealed how missed hospital and GP appointments cost Hampshire's NHS an estimated £11m
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Hit no-shows in the pocket, says survey
FINE patients who don't show up. That's the overwhelming view from Daily Echo website users who have responded to our survey asking what can be done about missed appointments. In all roughly two-thirds of respondents think charging patients who don't
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Canoe crazy
SOUTHERN Area Sea Cadets will be going canoeing crazy this summer after being awarded a cash boost from the Awards for All Lottery Fund. The paddling team will now be able to experience a totally different kind of paddle sport by using the £4,411 to
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Could your tot be our Child of the Year?
ENTRIES for the Daily Echo Child of the Year 2006 contest are pouring in. Parents have been queuing up to put their youngsters forward . These first few pictures show that the standards are extremely high. Mums and dads need to hurry because there
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Warning after burglaries at homes with open windows
RESIDENTS of a Hampshire community are being urged to take extra care when leaving windows open overnight after a spate of burglaries. Several homes in the Stubbington and Fareham areas have been targeted by burglars over the past month, and in almost
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TITCHFIELD:Search is on for new blues venue
ONE of Hampshire's most popular music events is being postponed because the organisers cannot find a suitable venue. Blues at the Abbey is the main fundraiser for the annual Titchfield Carnival. However, following a dispute with English Heritage over
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Charity tribute to The King
ELVIS will be in the building for an evening of sparkling live entertainment at Hampshire Deaf Association's tribute night to The King on Friday, July 14. Mike Osman and Denis Bundy will be hosting the charity ball and Alvin the Elvis impersonator will
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Plenty to enjoy at annual Village Day
RESIDENTS in a Hampshire village are preparing for the biggest annual event in their community calendar. The North Baddesley Village Day will see a host of activity at the Recreational Ground in Sandy Lane on Saturday. There will be stalls selling local
